PipeOps, a cloud infrastructure management startup, today announced the launch of Bring Your Own Server (BYOS), a new feature that enables businesses & developers to convert any Machine (Virtual or Bare Metal) into a hostable, deployment-ready server and deploy it using the same streamlined experience PipeOps is known for.
BYOS is designed for a growing reality in cloud operations; many businesses know they’re overpaying for infrastructure, but cost-efficient alternatives, especially local cloud providers and non-traditional compute sources, often come with poor user experience, fragmented tooling, and complex setup requirements that slow teams down. As a result, companies frequently default to hyperscalers not because they’re cheapest, but because of their relative ease of operation.
With BYOS, PipeOps positions cloud infrastructure as a commodity again, letting organisations choose the right compute for cost, performance, compliance, or geography, while keeping a consistent deployment and operations layer across providers.
Across regions, local cloud providers can offer compute that is materially cheaper than conventional hyperscalers, sometimes up to ~2x lower depending on region and workload, yet adoption has been limited by operational friction. FinOps leaders may identify cost-saving opportunities, but engineering teams are left to reconcile those savings with the cost of migration complexity, inconsistent tooling, and increased maintenance burden.
BYOS is PipeOps’ answer to that tradeoff; companies can source infrastructure from providers that make financial sense, then operate it using PipeOps’ standardised console workflow, reducing the overhead typically associated with multi-cloud and alternative compute strategies.
What BYOS Enables
With BYOS, businesses can connect resources from:
- Global hyperscalers
- Local cloud providers
- Multi-cloud environments
- Bare-metal compute
From enterprise-owned data centres to smaller compute setups, once connected, these resources become deployable targets inside PipeOps, allowing teams to deploy projects with built-in CI/CD, manage environments, and operate workloads from a single console.
PipeOps connects directly to a company’s repository, enabling teams to deploy projects via integrated CI/CD pipelines. From one console, businesses can manage deployments across services, environments, and infrastructure choices without rebuilding their deployment process each time they switch providers.
PipeOps originally launched with a mission to abstract the complexities of cloud deployment and ongoing DevOps work, making it possible to deploy and manage projects through an intuitive interface rather than stitching together multiple tools and processes. However, that experience was historically limited to a handful of supported providers.
BYOS expands that model into a vendor-agnostic approach: businesses can now bring the servers they already own or prefer to buy, across cloud and baremetal and “wrap” them with the PipeOps console experience.
“The flexibility to move from a low-cost VM on Hetzner to an AWS instance with credits with a single click, or distribute workloads across multiple providers, unlocks cost savings opportunities that simply didn’t exist before at this level of operational simplicity,” said Samuel Ogbonyomi, CEO of PipeOps.
PipeOps sees BYOS as more than a cost feature; it’s a catalyst for a broader shift toward sovereign infrastructure, where businesses can confidently run workloads closer to their users, within their regions, and under their preferred compliance and governance frameworks.
“BYOS is a step toward a future where infrastructure decisions aren’t dictated by who has the best interface, but by what’s best for cost, control, and sovereignty, we believe local cloud providers are essential to that future and are actively looking to partner to make their infrastructure easier to adopt at scale, without asking businesses to compromise on deployment experience.” Samuel Ogbonyomi, CEO of PipeOps.
See a guide on how to get started with BYOS: https://www.pipeops.io/resources/guides/199/how-to-set-up-bring-your-own-server-(byos)-on-pipeops
